This month, like every year, the United Nations General Assembly takes place. Heads of State take the floor to send messages to the world. These messages are broadcast on TV, transcribed, and
Sikh as nation and Sikhism as an independent religion have been facing Hindu supremacist attack since inception. Those left India escaping State sanctioned persecution are now being hounded and killed in other
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There’s a Chris Rock joke that goes, “You don’t need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullet control. Men, we need to control the bullets, that’s right. I think
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World Population Day, observed on July 11th, has largely gone unnoticed in India, despite the country recently surpassing China to become the most populated in the world. The population issue in India
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Metz France – Ah, springtime in France. I was having a dinner with my friend Walter at the city of Metz. This was part of my regular visit to the World War II
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by Md Mahmudul Hasan ‘Complaining to Iqbal: Dialogue with the Dead’ (also titled ‘SMS to Sir Muhammad Iqbal’) is a poem written by the late Malaysian poet and public intellectual Mohd Kamal
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In January 2022, the five nuclear-armed countries (China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France) issued a joint statement emphasizing the need to prevent nuclear war and avoid arms races. While stressing
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U.S. Yokota base in Japan’s western Tokyo area has acknowledged three incidents of leakage involving foam fire extinguishers containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of organic fluorine compounds that raise health
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On June 29, police in the Jujuy province of Argentina raided the home of Indigenous and social leader Milagro Sala, who has been imprisoned since January 2016. Human rights and social activists allege
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The deal with Micron during PM Modi’s visit to the United States has made headlines as a major technological breakthrough and a new dawn for India’s electronics chip-making industry. Implicit in this
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The scenes that keep coming from France if they came from any “lesser” country, from weak alliances, would be taken as the prelude to a civil war, to a regime overthrow. The
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by Hitha Honda Albert Oh, brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen, for we are about to witness the profound wisdom and political expertise of none other than Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith. In a recent
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In order for any country or society to claim a civilized status, it is crucial that men and women are treated equally and in accordance with the laws of the land. Unfortunately,
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Editorial The audacious interference by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Colombo Archbishop, in the appointment of Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police is an outright assault on the nation’s esteemed reputation and
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The Workers’ Party of Tunisia and several human rights groups have strongly objected to a deal proposed by European countries on the movement of migrants. They have called it a violation of
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On Tuesday, June 20, the Peruvian National Police arrested former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez for the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy against the state. Chávez was arrested at her home in
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